The GroundBreak Coalition was formed in 2022 to bring urgency, leadership, and new thinking to eliminating Minnesota’s long-standing racial disparities in wealth creation. The coalition is coordinating the efforts of

Marisa Williams moved to the Twin Cities in 2023 to lead the Girl Scouts beyond cookies and crafts. Her vision came to life in October with the launch of a

“It’s important to have anchor institutions that people can count on,” says Malik Rucker, a fifth-generation North Minneapolis resident. That’s what the V3 Center, a North Minneapolis health and wellness

It seemed like the end of an era in 2017 when trailblazing benefit auctioneer Karen Sorbo left Minnesota for a warmer climate. But she’s back—thanks to grandchildren and her tireless

Roxanne Young Kimball, who assumed leadership of the Homeownership Center in June, has an ambitious agenda for 2025. At the Minnesota Legislature, she wants to alter homeownership association laws to

Michelle Young never dreamed of doing reality TV—a college basketball star, she had been working as an elementary teacher when she was cast on The Bachelor and The Bachelorette. And